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Finally! It's painted!
OK, so if anyone tells you it's no problem to paint your own car in the garage, hit them upside the head VERY hard.
It can be done, but really it should NOT be done. Aside from all the safety issued (all of which can be mitigated) like blowing yourself up with an ignition source. There's the simple lack of control of the environment. Even with pretty good filtration (I sealed everything up tight, and had furnace filters on the only areas that were providing air flow. On one side of the garage I had a regular 30 inch wide door, and on the other side I propped up the garage door with 30 inch 2x4s and attached furnace filters across the bottom. Then on the outside I had 5 box fans pulling air through those filters to the outside, and sucking air from the other side of the garage. It worked well to vent the overspray out, in fact even with the clear coat the garage would clear out in a few minutes.
BUT! You can't control dust, lint, even a surprise bug got in somehow. Also, as the time of day changes, your dew point drops, and you risk condensation if you're providing any fresh air at all. So, this falls into do as I say, not as I did.
I fought with tiger striping on the hood, due to the color and the fact it was a semi translucent pearl base coat. I had to shoot it three times, on the third time I used a different gun a SATA 4000 instead of the Devilbiss Tekna Copper...and finally it went on perfectly.
The reflection is from the roof after I've sanded and polished. Overall, I'm pretty happy, though see some minor waves due to never being able to get all the unevenness out after removing the rubber strips that were on the roof.
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1983 W123 300TD US spec Turbo engine, with Euro bumpers and manual climate control, and manual transmission.
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